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@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
      installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>autoremove</option> (and the <option>auto-remove</option> alias since 1.1)</term>
+     <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+     installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>edit-sources</option></term>
      <listitem><para><literal>edit-sources</literal> lets you edit
      your sources.list file and provides basic sanity checks.